Barbara Snow Beverage, who uses the pen name Bethany Roberts, (born September 6, 1949) is an American children's author, known for her series of picture books informally marketed as Holiday Mice.
Roberts was born in Wallingford, Connecticut.[1][2]:153 She aspired to become a writer from the age of six,[1] and wrote her first stories at age eight;[3] she was also a "neighborhood storyteller" and "a bit of a[n outdoors] tomboy" while growing up.[3]
She is married to Robert Beverage and has two daughters: Krista and Melissa.[2]:153 In 1994, she lived in Hamden, Connecticut.[1]
Career
"I write about things I like, things that are important to me—warm cozy families, friendships, seasons and holidays, furry little animals. There isn't much that I like better than writing."
Her first book, Waiting-for-Spring Stories, came out in 1984.[1][2]:153 From the mid-1990s to mid-2000s, she and illustrator Doug Cushman collaborated on the informally named Holiday Mice picture-book series,[4][5] which featured the title family of four—two children plus their mother and father.[6]
As an animal lover, Roberts has included animal characters in many of her works, stating that they were "multicultural", highly relatable, and flexible in their use.[2]:153 "Many of [her] story ideas," according to Gale's Something About the Author, "are generated from words that 'sound right' together, while others are inspired by her own experiences or by research."[2]:154
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